Beadsoup Blog Party Reveal *And Give Away*

Hi there and welcome to my corner of 

The Bead Soup Blog Party 2014.

This year I was paired with talented

polymer clay artist Andria Poole.

You can see the lovely goodies 

she sent to me in the picture above. 

*A quick interlude: 
I've been toying with the idea of doing a 
give away 
for a while and have decided 
that now is the time!
Here is a pic of the lovely heart shaped 
glass bead selection box that's up for grabs.... 

The give away prize in all its purple glory!

To enter the give away just 
1) follow this blog 
and 
2) comment 
to say you'd like to be in for the give away. 
It's open internationally, 
winner will be drawn at random and announced on 
June the 10th.
- so follow away and good luck! 

So,now, back to the blog hop - 

Ready to see what I made ?

Here we go... 

I started out by making this necklace

and matching bracelet.  

I chose the gold plated clasp 

to both compliment the shape 

of the focal pendant and bring out the gold 

highlights on the polymer clay beads.

I was pleased to see that the other 

set of polymer beads Andria had sent for me

were a perfect colour compliment 

for some moss agate rounds 

I had been saving in my bead stash

 for some time. 

It was lovely to get them out 

of the bead box 

and  be able to turn them into

 something wearable.

Last but not least the lovely hand made 

chain and clasp.

At first I had thought about making a charm 

bracelet 

with lots of wire wrapped dangles, 

but decided that would actually

 hide the chain to a large extent 

and I wanted to show it off 

in all its handmade 

glory. 

So I cut it into sections and rejoined it 

to make this 

panja.

Here is a pic of what I sent to Andria: 

you can see what she made with it 

by visiting her blog 

http://jewelleryartiste.blogspot.co.uk/

I've had great fun playing the Bead Soup 

Blog Party again. 

A big 'thank you' to Lori Anderson, 

the lady that makes the blog hop happen! 

Click here for full list of participants

Oh, and remember that the give away winner 
will be announced 
back here on June the10th. 
- Good luck!